Othello Revised Edition Contributor(s): Shakespeare, William (Author), Kernan, Alvin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0451526856 ISBN-13: 9780451526854 Publisher: Signet Book
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1998 Annotation: Unique features include an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater by the general editor of Signet Classic Shakespeare series, plus a special introduction to the play by the editor Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University. This book contains information on the source from which Shakespeare derived "Othello"--selections from Giraldi Cinthio's "Hecatommithi." Special introduction by Alvin Kernan, Princeton University. Click for more in this series: Signet Classics |
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BISAC Categories: - Drama | Shakespeare - Drama | European - Italian - Performing Arts | Theater - General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: 822.33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 97069694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 18-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 13-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 420 HL (High-Low) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Signet Classics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 6.8" L (0.35 lbs) 320 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Description: The Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's Othello, a disturbing exploration of jealousy and wrath. Tragedy takes hold as the cunning and hateful Iago drives the titular heroic Moor of Venice first to suspicion, then to homicidal rage against his love Desdemona, in one of the Bard's darkest plays. This title in the Signet Classics Shakespeare series includes: - An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater - A special introduction to the play by the editor, Alvin Kernan - Selections from Giraldi Cinthio's Hecatommithi, the source from which Shakespeare derived Othello - Dramatic criticism from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Maynard Mack, and others - A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions of Othello - Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable format - Recommended readings |
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